Yes, this film is as stupid as it sounds, a combination of "Silence of the Lambs" and "Psycho" with a series of "Airplane!" /"Naked Gun" like gags that mostly bomb yet a few that had me laughing hysterically. Every comic still living or at least available appears in this, as well as some of the most familiar personalities who were stalwarts of late night talk shows. Billy Zane follows up his "Titanic" villain role by playing a zany FBI agent out to find out who the "Psycho" killer is with the help of Hannibal Lechter ripoff Dom DeLuise, once again completely unfunny. Phyllis Diller takes a ton of abuse as an over caffeinated secretary and John Astin gets Addams Family snaps every time he appears.
Then there's Shelley Winters as Norman Bates' (or Antonio or whatever his name is) mother, Rip Taylor as a businessman whom sexpot Charlene Tilton absconds money from, Nedra Voltz as a wacky senior, Larry Storch as another abused character and Martin Balsam actually repeating his "Psycho" role. It gets so convoluted and often extremely irritating that half an hour in, I was completely annoyed but couldn't dare to turn it off. I guess like some of the characters I too enjoy torture. I didn't completely hate it, but I am passing it along with the warning to friends that this film may cause the viewer eternal stupidity.
Then there's Shelley Winters as Norman Bates' (or Antonio or whatever his name is) mother, Rip Taylor as a businessman whom sexpot Charlene Tilton absconds money from, Nedra Voltz as a wacky senior, Larry Storch as another abused character and Martin Balsam actually repeating his "Psycho" role. It gets so convoluted and often extremely irritating that half an hour in, I was completely annoyed but couldn't dare to turn it off. I guess like some of the characters I too enjoy torture. I didn't completely hate it, but I am passing it along with the warning to friends that this film may cause the viewer eternal stupidity.